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Events
- Francesco Geminiani visits Dublin, where he is robbed of a valuable manuscript.
- Domenico Cimarosa enters the Conservatorio di Santa Maria di Loreto.
- Joseph Haydn enters the service of the Esterházy family
Popular music
- None listed
Opera
- Charles-Guillaume Alexandre - George et Georgette
- Florian Leopold Gassmann - Catone in Utica
- Baldassare Galuppi - Le Tre Amante Ridicoli
Classical music
- Thomas Arne - Judith (oratorio)
- Christoph Willibald Gluck - Don Juan (ballet)
- François Joseph Gossec - Sei sinfonie a più stromenti, op.5
- Joseph Haydn - Symphony No. 6 ("Le matin"), Symphony No. 7 ("Le midi") and Symphony No. 8 ("Le soir")
- Michael Haydn - Symphony in C major
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Minuet for Harpsichord
Births
- January 20 - Giovanni Domenico Perotti, composer (died 1825)
- January 22 - Georg Nikolaus von Nissen, biographer of Mozart (died 1826)
- January 26 - Jens Zetlitz, songwriter (died 1821)
- February 12 - Jan Ladislav Dussek, composer (died 1812)
- February 15 - Jacob Kimball, Jr., composer (died 1826)
- February 20 - Johann Christian Ludwig Abeille, pianist and composer
- February 22 - Erik Tulindberg, composer (died 1814)
- April 20 - Johann Gottlieb Karl Spazier, composer
- June 13 - Antonín Vranický or Wranitzky, violinist and composer (died 1820)
- July 20 - Joseph Lefebvre, composer
- September 4 - Friedrich Ludwig Emilius Kunzen, composer
- date unknown - John Stevenson, composer (died 1833)
Deaths
- January 3 - Willem de Fesch, violinist and composer (born 1687)
- January 18 - Francesco Feo, opera composer (born 1691)
- February 15 - Carlo Cecere, composer (born 1706)
- March 7 - Antonio Palella, composer
- March 27 - Johann Ludwig Steiner, composer
- June 12 - Meinrad Spiess, composer
- July 9 - Carl Gotthelf Gerlach, organist (born 1704)
- date unknown - Adam Falckenhagen, lutenist and composer (born 1697)
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